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Question: Which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion?
Choices: "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values" "It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Data: % of "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 92.2%
2 Australia86.5%
3 France81.7%
4 United Kingdom79.9%
5 Canada77.9%
6 Italy77.3%
7 Germany71.6%
8 United States67.1%
9 Japan64.1%
10 Republic of Korea48.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.712986 X +4.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 43846.748336 X +16185.848
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.257923 X +81.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.837608 X +0.107
Correlation coefficient (r)0.774
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.599

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -22.847079 X +28.162
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386